Diethylene glycol monomethyl ether
U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.
US ProductionCBI
Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.
Import Value$3M
Top SourceItaly 31%
The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 290944 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 290944, which covers 11 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
IT 31%ItalyCN 18%ChinaDE 12%GermanyJP 11%JapanTW 7%Taiwan
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Austria
EPA-registered manufacturers (5)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Shell · GB United Kingdom
Lyondell Chemical
Monument Chemical
Shell Deer Park Refining
The Dow Chemical
EPA-registered importers (4)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Basf Se · DE Germany
Basf
Mie
World Fuel Services
Why It Matters
Sectors
EnergyTransportationConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."
No FDA shortage records
Industrial Uses
Used in 6 sectors as 8 functional roles.
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Hydraulic fluids in Transportation Equipment ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Hydraulic fluids in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Fuels and fuel additives in Petroleum Refineries (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fuels and fuel additives in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (25%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (75%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Solvent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (10%)Processing as a reactant
- •Fuel agents in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (90%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Cleaning agent in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (4%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fuels and fuel additives in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Processing—repackaging
Vendor Pricing
$0.01/gA2B Chem LLC
CountryUnited States
Pack$213.00 / 18 kg
Purity98%
Vendors22 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
21 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Chemicals LLC | Hong Kong | $0.01 | 500 g | 99% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.01 | 18 kg | 99% |
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.02 | 500 g | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech GmbH | Germany | $0.03 | 1 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech Ltd. | China | $0.03 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | — |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $0.06 | 500 g | 99.97% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.07 | 500 g | 98% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.08 | 100 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.10 | 500 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.14 | 500 g | 99.5% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.28 | 500 g | 99.5% |
| Apollo Scientific UK | United Kingdom | $0.54 | 500 g | 98% |
| AstaTech (2 weeks) | United States | $0.99 | 100 g | 95% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $2280.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks) | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 99% |
Chemical Identity
CAS111-77-3
PubChem CID8134
DTXSIDDTXSID3025049
FormulaC5H12O3
Mol. Weight120.15 g/mol
SMILESCOCCOCCO
Data Sources
DTXSID30250492026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
81342026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/8134/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/8134.json
111-77-32026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 111-77-32026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv